Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Islands
... strengthening existing mechanisms to provide better services to Pacific countries and their particular circumstances. Pacific Economic Ministers’ and Leaders’ meetings have agreed to budgetary support mechanisms as the preferred modality. Modalities discussed in the Pacific: These include direct bud ...
... strengthening existing mechanisms to provide better services to Pacific countries and their particular circumstances. Pacific Economic Ministers’ and Leaders’ meetings have agreed to budgetary support mechanisms as the preferred modality. Modalities discussed in the Pacific: These include direct bud ...
4_4_Human_health_revised_checked - Eionet Forum
... studies. The databases are compiled from various sources; the definitions, thresholds, classification criteria, reporting approaches, etc. differ and need to be considered when applying and interpreting the data. In general, larger disasters are captured well in the databases, while they are less ac ...
... studies. The databases are compiled from various sources; the definitions, thresholds, classification criteria, reporting approaches, etc. differ and need to be considered when applying and interpreting the data. In general, larger disasters are captured well in the databases, while they are less ac ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmospheric volume (Baede et al. 2001; Salby 1992). Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are not greenhouse gases; however, trace gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and others are, and therefore ...
... water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmospheric volume (Baede et al. 2001; Salby 1992). Nitrogen, oxygen, and argon are not greenhouse gases; however, trace gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and others are, and therefore ...
Valuing the Ocean: Draft Executive Summary
... ways, the authors intend to expand the research frontier in marine sciences and improve on methodologies for holistic, cross-scale analysis. Decisions in the marine domain will need to be made despite having a number of significant ‘known’ and ‘unknown’ unknowns. It is hoped that this book will help ...
... ways, the authors intend to expand the research frontier in marine sciences and improve on methodologies for holistic, cross-scale analysis. Decisions in the marine domain will need to be made despite having a number of significant ‘known’ and ‘unknown’ unknowns. It is hoped that this book will help ...
Climate Change: The Sun`s Role
... no data to support the thesis, but because there is no accepted mechanism to explain the positive feedback that must underlie the sometimes dramatic changes in climate resulting from relatively small changes in solar irradiance or insolation. Changes in the latter, due to small quasi-periodic variat ...
... no data to support the thesis, but because there is no accepted mechanism to explain the positive feedback that must underlie the sometimes dramatic changes in climate resulting from relatively small changes in solar irradiance or insolation. Changes in the latter, due to small quasi-periodic variat ...
Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Household Food
... Climate variability and change act as a multiplier of these existing threats to food security by making natural disasters more frequent and intense. Natural disasters such as prolonged drought is one cause of the breakdown of the balance maintained in natural resource use leading to a breakdown of a ...
... Climate variability and change act as a multiplier of these existing threats to food security by making natural disasters more frequent and intense. Natural disasters such as prolonged drought is one cause of the breakdown of the balance maintained in natural resource use leading to a breakdown of a ...
Observed and Simulated HIRS Diurnal Cycles
... • Then Monte-carlo with no diurnal cycle and repeat calculations. • Uncertainties at the 95% level for a1 and a2 vary by position (reflecting different data coverage) but are 0.2K over the tropical and sub-tropics and increase to 1-2K at high latitudes. • To reduce uncertainties do analysis on zonal ...
... • Then Monte-carlo with no diurnal cycle and repeat calculations. • Uncertainties at the 95% level for a1 and a2 vary by position (reflecting different data coverage) but are 0.2K over the tropical and sub-tropics and increase to 1-2K at high latitudes. • To reduce uncertainties do analysis on zonal ...
Boiling Point: The Impact of Climate Change on Sea Turtles and the
... already been decimated by human activities including industrial fishing for shrimp, tuna and swordfish, ruin of nesting beaches by commercial development, egg harvesting, hunting for meat and skin, harm from marine plastic and water pollution, ship and boat strikes, and disease. All seven species of ...
... already been decimated by human activities including industrial fishing for shrimp, tuna and swordfish, ruin of nesting beaches by commercial development, egg harvesting, hunting for meat and skin, harm from marine plastic and water pollution, ship and boat strikes, and disease. All seven species of ...
mobilising climate finance
... Summit in New York, the private sector demonstrated a concerted interest in shifting its attention to green investments. Of particular importance are ‘green bonds’, instruments issued by public or private actors to finance activities declared to have carbon-reducing effects. Green bond issuance trip ...
... Summit in New York, the private sector demonstrated a concerted interest in shifting its attention to green investments. Of particular importance are ‘green bonds’, instruments issued by public or private actors to finance activities declared to have carbon-reducing effects. Green bond issuance trip ...
ILEAPS presentation
... Indirect measure of coupling between soil moisture & To: Correlation between summer evapotranspiration and temperature (ET,T2M) Negative correlation: strong soil moisturetemperature coupling (high temperature as result of low/no evapotranspiration) Positive correlation: low soil moisturetemperature ...
... Indirect measure of coupling between soil moisture & To: Correlation between summer evapotranspiration and temperature (ET,T2M) Negative correlation: strong soil moisturetemperature coupling (high temperature as result of low/no evapotranspiration) Positive correlation: low soil moisturetemperature ...
Global Atmospheric Changes
... Global Warming 6. Other Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potential (GWP) 7. Molar Mass and Mass Percent 8. Possible Effects of Global Warming 9. Global Warming vs. Ozone Hole ...
... Global Warming 6. Other Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potential (GWP) 7. Molar Mass and Mass Percent 8. Possible Effects of Global Warming 9. Global Warming vs. Ozone Hole ...
Text S1: Models, Climate Change Scenario Linkages, and
... This paper reports on the economic performance of the Blue Nile infrastructure under conditions corresponding to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s A2 scenario. This scenario was constructed using downscaled projections for 2050 from three models from the IPCC reports: PCM, CSIRO and HA ...
... This paper reports on the economic performance of the Blue Nile infrastructure under conditions corresponding to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s A2 scenario. This scenario was constructed using downscaled projections for 2050 from three models from the IPCC reports: PCM, CSIRO and HA ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World
... based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood are a primary source of protein for more than one billion of the poorest people on Earth.5 By 2050 the ...
... based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood are a primary source of protein for more than one billion of the poorest people on Earth.5 By 2050 the ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2
... based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood are a primary source of protein for more than one billion of the poorest people on Earth.5 By 2050 the ...
... based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood are a primary source of protein for more than one billion of the poorest people on Earth.5 By 2050 the ...
Don`t Kill Kyoto
... anything could be agreed that could match Kyoto’s legal strength and fairness, especially given the limited time available. As well as setting binding emissions targets for developed countries, Kyoto creates a framework to ensure that these targets are clearly and comparably calculated and that Part ...
... anything could be agreed that could match Kyoto’s legal strength and fairness, especially given the limited time available. As well as setting binding emissions targets for developed countries, Kyoto creates a framework to ensure that these targets are clearly and comparably calculated and that Part ...
Provided for non-commercial research and educational use
... distribution of solar heating are the basic drivers behind this circulation. The tropics absorb about twice the solar energy that the higher latitudes absorb, creating a meridional gradient in temperature and potential energy. Some of the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy [3], which ...
... distribution of solar heating are the basic drivers behind this circulation. The tropics absorb about twice the solar energy that the higher latitudes absorb, creating a meridional gradient in temperature and potential energy. Some of the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy [3], which ...
Where We Are Now - Edinburgh Research Explorer
... Climate Ethics brings together papers from the past twenty years, but mostly from the past ten, as well as three original pieces.2 It opens with a philosophical and scientific overview provided by Stephen Gardiner’s seminal 2004 article, “Ethics and Global Climate Change”.3 Thereafter, the collectio ...
... Climate Ethics brings together papers from the past twenty years, but mostly from the past ten, as well as three original pieces.2 It opens with a philosophical and scientific overview provided by Stephen Gardiner’s seminal 2004 article, “Ethics and Global Climate Change”.3 Thereafter, the collectio ...
Features
... I gave testimony at a Congressional hearing that global warming can make droughts more frequent. At the hearing, Jim Hansen of NASA did what you might call a prediction of future climate change based upon the result obtained from his model. He made an excellent presentation, concluding that he is 99 ...
... I gave testimony at a Congressional hearing that global warming can make droughts more frequent. At the hearing, Jim Hansen of NASA did what you might call a prediction of future climate change based upon the result obtained from his model. He made an excellent presentation, concluding that he is 99 ...
NAACP Climate Justice Initiative Toolkit
... erosion. The climate of various regions could change too quickly for many plant and animal species to adjust. Harsh weather conditions, such as heat waves and droughts, could also happen more often and more severely. • Droughts: Warmer temperatures lead to more frequent and severe droughts around th ...
... erosion. The climate of various regions could change too quickly for many plant and animal species to adjust. Harsh weather conditions, such as heat waves and droughts, could also happen more often and more severely. • Droughts: Warmer temperatures lead to more frequent and severe droughts around th ...
UNDP`s role in promoting democratic governance
... Slow and rapid climatic changes pressure natural resources, risking a shift in some ecosystems into new states, with severe ramifications for human wellbeing as tipping points are crossed. Long-term climate change increases stress on natural resources and leads to loss of biodiversity and productive ...
... Slow and rapid climatic changes pressure natural resources, risking a shift in some ecosystems into new states, with severe ramifications for human wellbeing as tipping points are crossed. Long-term climate change increases stress on natural resources and leads to loss of biodiversity and productive ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... ecosystem services over the twenty-first century could be far greater than was previously predicted. We identify key policy and management opportunities at regional to global scales to avoid these shifts. Keywords: biodiversity change, human–environment interactions, tipping points, South America, S ...
... ecosystem services over the twenty-first century could be far greater than was previously predicted. We identify key policy and management opportunities at regional to global scales to avoid these shifts. Keywords: biodiversity change, human–environment interactions, tipping points, South America, S ...
A Method to Estimate Climate-Critical Construction Materials
... completed in many locations over the same time frame. Existing methods to forecast resource demand and capacity do not consider this phenomenon of a global change affecting many localities and the resulting increased demand for resources. Current methods do not relate to the most up-to-date clima ...
... completed in many locations over the same time frame. Existing methods to forecast resource demand and capacity do not consider this phenomenon of a global change affecting many localities and the resulting increased demand for resources. Current methods do not relate to the most up-to-date clima ...
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... elevated the stature of even more University of Maine strengths in climate related research, education and service by highlighting faculty and student climate-related projects not just in the physical, chemical, biological and social sciences but also in music, sculpture, painting, performance and l ...
... elevated the stature of even more University of Maine strengths in climate related research, education and service by highlighting faculty and student climate-related projects not just in the physical, chemical, biological and social sciences but also in music, sculpture, painting, performance and l ...